Politics and peace
As Israel holds its second general election in as many years its soldiers clashed with Palestinians in Jenin.
Explosive art
Chinese firework artist Cai Guo-Qiang uses exploding fireworks to create a new work at the Tate Modern in London.
Iraq in UN spotlight
Anti-war protestors demonstrate outside the UN building in New York as Dr Hans Blix delivered his report on Iraq.
Whipped cream
Streets around the harbour in the North Yorkshire fishing town of Whitby were covered in what looked like whipped cream.
Lucky escape
Joe Thompson III waits for emergency workers to rescue him after he was thrown onto these wires in a car crash.
The world tunes in
President George W Bush delivers his annual State of the Union address, promising to answer "every enemy".
Playing with the future
Toy dolls of President Bush, Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden on sale in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Snow gridlocks Britain
Arctic conditions grip parts of Britain, leaving thousands of travellers stranded on motorways .
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